• Characteristics of urban neighbourhood environments and cognitive age in mid-age and older adults 

      Soloveva, Maria V.; Poudel, Govinda; Barnett, Anthony; Shaw, Jonathan E.; Martino, Erika; Knibbs, Luke D.; Anstey, Kaarin J.; Cerin, Ester (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-12)
      In this cross-sectional study, we examined the extent to which features of the neighbourhood natural, built, and socio-economic environments were related to cognitive age in adults (N = 3418, Mage = 61 years) in Australia. Machine learning estimated an individual's cognitive age from assessments of processing speed, verbal memory, premorbid intelligence. A ’cognitive age gap’ was calculated by ...
    • Lifestyle factors as mediators of area-level socio-economic differentials in cardiovascular disease risk factors. The Tromsø Study 

      Tiwari, Sweta; Cerin, Ester; Wilsgaard, Tom; Løvsletten, Ola; Njølstad, Inger; Grimsgaard, Sameline; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Schirmer, Henrik; Rosengren, Annika; Kristoffersen, Kathrine; Løchen, Maja-Lisa (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-24)
      Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death and disability and living in areas with low socio-economic status (SES) is associated with increased risk of CVD. Lifestyle factors such as smoking, physical inactivity, an unhealthy diet and harmful alcohol use are main risk factors that contribute to other modifiable risk factors, such as hypertension, raised blood cholesterol, ...
    • Lifestyle factors as mediators of area-level socioeconomic differentials in mental health and cognitive function: the Tromsø Study 

      Tiwari, Sweta; Cerin, Ester; Wilsgaard, Tom; Løvsletten, Ola; Grimsgaard, Anne Sameline; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Schirmer, Henrik; Rosengren, Annika; Kristoffersen, Kathrine; Løchen, Maja-Lisa (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-22)
      Introduction - Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with poor mental health and cognitive function. Individual-level SES and area-level SES (ASES) may affect mental health and cognitive function through lifestyle. We aimed to quantify the associations of ASES with mental health and cognitive function and examine the mediating role of lifestyle behaviours independent of individual-level SES ...
    • The neighbourhood environment and profiles of the metabolic syndrome 

      Barnett, Anthony; Martino, Erika; Knibbs, Luke D.; Shaw, Jonathan E.; Dunstan, David W.; Magliano, Dianna J.; Donaire-Gonzalez, David; Cerin, Ester (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-03)
      <p><b> Background</b> There is a dearth of studies on how neighbourhood environmental attributes relate to the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and profiles of MetS components. We examined the associations of interrelated aspects of the neighbourhood environment, including air pollution, with MetS status and profiles of MetS components. <p><b> Methods</b> We used socio-demographic and MetS-related ...